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Has OSS finally come into its own?

We are using open source software without realising it, and now the business case for enterprise seems to be here.

12 February 2018

Many moons ago – more than 15 years, in fact – South Africa’s government decided it would go open source.

Back in 2002, the Government Information Officers’ Council (Gitoc) – a body of government CIOs – released a policy framework document recommending government ‘explicitly’ support the adoption of open source software (OSS) as part of its e-government strategy.

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